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Joomla! 4.x < 4.4.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114982

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Synopsis

Joomla! 4.x < 4.4.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 4.x prior to 4.4.14 or 5.x prior to 5.3.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - Inadequate content filtering within the checkAttribute methods leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components. (CVE-2025-54476)

 - Improper handling of authentication requests lead to a user enumeration vector in the passkey authentication method. (CVE-2025-54477)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Joomla! version 4.4.14 or latest.

See Also

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1010-20250901-core-inadequate-content-filtering-within-the-checkattribute-filter-code.html

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1011-20250902-core-user-enumeration-in-passkey-authentication-method.html

https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5936-joomla-5-3-4-security-bugfix-release.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 114982

Type: remote

Published: 10/3/2025

Updated: 10/3/2025

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54476

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54476

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54476, CVE-2025-54477